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A man is accused of an assault in downtown New Ulm that sent another man to the hospital. Jason Alan Helget, 37, of Lafayette, was charged Friday with felony counts of 1st and 3rd-degree assault in Brown County Court. According to a criminal complaint, the victim and a black man...

Two drivers were injured in a crash on Highway 68 near Courtland Thursday. The Minnesota State Patrol says an eastbound pickup and a westbound Toyota Camry collided at 480th St just before noon. The Camry driver, 48-year-old Jennifer Bennett, of Storden, was transported to New Ulm Medical Center with non-life...

Two drivers were injured in a crash on Highway 68 near Courtland Thursday. The Minnesota State Patrol says an eastbound pickup and a westbound Toyota Camry collided at 480th St just before noon. The Camry driver, 48-year-old Jennifer Bennett, of Storden, was transported to New Ulm Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.

Michael Alan Michur, Minneapolis: 1) misdemeanor motor vehicle registration – operate vehicle with expired registration, fees and fines $185. Samantha Lee Bishop, Granite Falls: petty misdemeanor hands-free law – access video content / images / games / software applications, fees and fines $135. Mason Lee Bode, Heron Lake:...

ST. JAMES, Minn. (KEYC) - Water, paint, sweat, and laughs filled the St. James Middle and High School area as they celebrated the end of the school year with a triathlon. With a total of 126 teams, each containing 2-3 students or staff, these triathletes swam for 125 meters, rode on their bikes for 3 miles, and ran a mile before crossing the finish line.

The City of Redwood Falls will soon officially break ground for its new residential and commercial development project. The groundbreaking and ribbon cutting ceremony for The Homes of Reflection Prairie and Reflection Ridge Business Park will take place on Thursday, June 2, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The ceremony will be held at the Redwood Area Community Center, and the community is invited to attend.

In North Mankato, a preschool is celebrated more than its last day of school Thursday. Black Frost Distillery, Sweethaven Tonics bringing new life to New Ulm. Jace Marti and Nate Gieseke are coming back to New Ulm to switch things up in the place that they hold near and dear to their hearts.

Come and see some of your finest amateur baseball players from Redwood County on June 8th! The Milroy Irish will be playing the Lamberton Long Socks at 7:30 pm at the Irish Yard by Milroy! It will be a great night out for the whole family to enjoy, plus many great prizes will be given away!

NEW ULM, Minn. (KEYC) - Jace Marti and Nate Gieseke are coming back to New Ulm to switch things up in the place that they hold near and dear to their hearts. “Strong roots and strong ties to the area so this is home for us. New Ulm had a lot going for it right now with the breweries and a lot of new businesses coming to downtown. So, I think this is going to be a great addition to the community and Minnesota,” Black Frost Distillery co-founder Jace Marti said.

LAFAYETTE, Minn. (AP) — The owner of a rural weekly newspaper in southern Minnesota is looking to give his publication away so he can travel to Ukraine. Minnesota Public Radio reported Thursday that Lafayette-Nicollet Ledger owner and publisher Lee Zion is willing to dig trenches, teach school or fight in Ukraine. Before he leaves, he wants to give the newspaper away for free.

(New Ulm, MN) -- Brad Finstad of New Ulm is declaring victory in Tuesday’s special Republican primary election in Minnesota’s First Congressional District. Preliminary results show Finstad topped state Representative Jeremy Munson by just over one percent, or 394 votes. Finstad said in a statement that he’s honored the voters have given him an opportunity “to continue the fight for our shared values in Congress.” Munson congratulated Finstad and offered to support his campaign. He will face former Hormel executive and D-F-L nominee Jeff Ettinger in the August Ninth special election to finish the term of the late Congressman Jim Hagedorn.

There will be a mayoral race in the City of New Ulm. Jeff Kiecker has filed for his candidacy for the mayor position. Kiecker ran the cab service for 11 years, runs a moving company and is a full time employee at AMPI. If elected mayor, Kiecker’s top issue is ensuring New Ulm remains a safe community and attracting new people to New Ulm. Kiecker is the second individual to file for the mayor position, along with Lonnie Luepke.

DELHI TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) - A Minnesota man has been charged in a "sextortion scheme". Investigators believe he may have as many as 1,000 victims and one of them is from Delhi Township. Yue Vang, 31, created social media accounts and pretended to be a girl, according to the Minnesota...

The Catholic Diocese of New Ulm will be ordaining three men to the priesthood on Saturday. Deacon Tanner Thooft of Lynd, Deacon Joshua Bot of Minneota and Deacon Nathan Hansen of Darwin will be ordained as priests by Bishop Emeritus John LeVoir at the Church of St Mary’s in Sleepy Eye. The Mass will be livestreamed at dnu.org.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A 2016 Delhi Township investigation into the extortion and threatening of a 16-year-old girl has led to the arrest of a Minneapolis, Minnesota man. Five years ago, Cpl. Adam Cox began investigating after the teen sent nude photos to an unknown man on the internet. The suspect,...